(Geneva Composite Electric) The World Health Organization has high concern to China's crown disease epidemic, and calls on the Chinese government to speed up the crown vaccine for the highest risk group.
The Director -General of the WHO Tan Desai on Wednesday (December 21) said at a weekly press conference: "Due to the increasing severe cases notified by China, WHO is very concerned about the development of the epidemic in China."
He calls on China to provide detailed information about the relevant serious illness, hospitalization rate, and intensive treatment rate.Since China no longer releases detailed epidemic data, the outside world cannot determine the situation of the expected infection and death.
Tan Desai emphasized: "WHO supports China to concentrate its strength and vaccines the crown disease for people facing the highest risks across the country. We will also continue to support China's clinical care and health systems."
Ruian, executive director of the WHO Emergency Project, pointed out that due to the significant increase in crown cases in China, it may face difficulties in statistical confirmed cases.
He said that although the vaccination rate of Chinese vaccine is relatively high, the overall coverage is still backward, especially those over the age of 60. Some of the protection effect produced after the two doses of the vaccination of two doses are only about 50%or lower.This is a large population in China, which cannot form sufficient protection.
In addition, some local people have been vaccinated for more than one year after vaccination, and they must be added with additional.
Ryan said that although China is committed to expanding the vaccine coverage, the vaccination rate has been greatly improved in the past few weeks, but he admits that it is still difficult to evaluate the progress in this regard.Pressure to the health system.
American experts: In the next few months or weeks, more variant of viruses will appear in China
Medical experts and political leaders of various countries are worried that China's crown disease and epidemic situation may cause new variant viruses that are dangerous in more than a year.
U.S. Infectious Disease Expert Lusai said that in the next few months or even a few weeks, China will definitely have more Omikon subtypes.
He warned: "This may be a new variant of strains, which may be more contagious, more fatal, and can even avoid existing drugs, vaccines and testing ... The world must be able to confirm the new variant virus as soon as possible, and quicklyTake action. "
Vankelkhofv, a technical director of the WTO epidemic, emphasized that Omikon is the strongest mutation plant that has been found so far. There are more than 500 types of genealogy that are spreading.Features, the number of infections around the world will continue to increase.
